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Hungary: Council of Europe rejects changes to Ong law

Sat, 17/06/2017 - 16:03

(ANSA) - STRASBOURG - ''The amendments introduced by
Hungary's Parliament to the law on the transparency of NGOs
receiving funds from abroad, approved on 13 June, are not
sufficient to reduce concerns that the text disproportionately
and uselessly interferes with freedom of expression and
association, the right to privacy and the non-discrimination of
non-governmental organizations''.
This is what the Venice Commission, advisory body of the
Council of Europe on constitutional issues, said in an opinion
on clarification adopted today on Hungarian law.
The Commission argued that the law adopted this week ''only
partially meets the recommendations made by the Commission on
June 2 in a preliminary opinion''.
(ANSA).

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